A Promise, Not a Fact — The Mythmaking Behind America's Symbols

We were taught to stand for the anthem, place a hand over our heart for the pledge, and treat July 4th as the day freedom began. But who wrote these symbols — and who were they actually written for? In this hour-long special, we read the entire Declaration of Independence out loud, start to finish, before breaking down what it actually says, what got cut from early drafts, and who it left out entirely. Then we trace the same pattern through the national anthem's forgotten third verse, the s...